Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-20
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SETTLEMENT AT cosHocToN, I776. 4
In April, I776, the third Moravian
mission settlement was begun with
eight families, IN all thirty-iiye persons,
under zeisberger and Heekewelder.
They laid of a town, within two miles
Of Goshocking fthe present Coshoeton)
and called it Lichtenau, which means
1.-THE pasture OF fLight.n This town was
laid OFF In the form Of n cross and
stretched along the bank Of fthe river on
one street. The head chief Of the Della
wares, Netawatwes, had abandon
ed Gelzelemupechunk, ('Stillwater,7 "
when the breach took place among the
Delawares, and with those of his tribe
who remained true to him, be proceed
ed to the forks of the Walhonding and
Tuscarawas and built new capital
called, according 10 Heckewelder, Gosh
oeking, and according to Schweinelz
"Goschachgunk.n Itoccupied the low
er streets Of the present towhsnf Coshoc-
ton. When preaching at Lichtenau
commenced. Netawatwes and his fami-
~ were among the first converts. He
had selected the spot for Llchtenau to
be erected upon and had recommended
It to Zeisberger, as he had few years
before selected Big Spring. or Schoen-
brunn fora mission. Schoenbrunn, like
Liehtenau, was built upon the remains
Of ancient earth works of the Mound
Builders. Thus the Indians, uncon-
sci0us Of the fact, became the central
figure of ages bye-gone and yet to come.
Netawatwes lived TO see both these
towns abandoned and surrendered to
heathenism, through the war between
the English and the Americans.
EVOLUTIONARY FORTS IN oHIo-FoRTs
OF 1872.
Fort Laurens was erected in 1778, in
close proximity to the ancient Indian
town called ''Tuscarawas,n which Col.
Boquet found abandoned in 1894,
consisting of about one hundred lodges
or houses. Fort Laurehs covered over
half an acre. Portions of the earth
work can still be pointed out. In close
proximity to this fort, Col Boquet, in
1764, had erected his stockade fort.
which may be designated "Fort Tus-
carAwas.u Fort Laurens was the first
fort terected west Of the Ohio by order Of
the American Congress- Fort Junan-
detswas built on Sandusky bay by the
French in 1854; Fort Cover, now in
Athens county, by Lord Dunmore In
1II4i Fort Harniar, now Marietta, in
lIS5; Fort Steuben, now Steubenvie,
in 1874; Fort Washington, at Cinein-
natl, Ia 1883; Fort Campus Martius, at
Marietta, in 1871; Fort Dillies, in Bel
mont county, in 1890; Fort Hamilton,
in Butler county, in 1871; Fort Jeffer-
son. in Darke county, In 179l; Fort st.
Clair, IN Preble county, in 1881; Fort
Recovery, In Darke county, in 1871; Ft.
Defiance, IN Defiance county, in 1871;
Fort Deposit, Ia Lucas county, in 1794;
Fort Greenviile, In Darke county, Ia
1894; Fort Laramie, in Shelby county,
ia E9a Fort st. Mary's, in Mercer
county, Ia 1874; Ft. Pivua, In Miami
county, ID 1z04s
IA tliewar of1Sl2 the following forts
were erected; Fort Miami, on tha Mau-
NEE. bF the British; Fort Sandushy, ini
EEls county; Stevenson, in Sandusky
county; Seneca, in Seneca county;
Meigs, ID Wood; Amanda, in Allen;
bail IA Seneca; Findlay, in Hancock,
anu McArthur, in Hardin counties.
COLONEL CRAWFORD.
The IOllowing is an interestingaccount
Af0m local correspondent:
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Aug. 80, 1877.
To-day has been grand day for
Wyandot county and the good citizens.I
turned out enmasse to witness the
de1lcation Of q monument to the
naemery of the brave Colonel Crawford. |
by the Pioneer Association of Wyandot
county, on the spot where Crawford |
was burned to death.
THE MONUMENT
Was purchased by the Pioneer society |
0f this county and is made of Berea |
stone. The shade is that ola cannon,
md is tWenty-one inches in diameter
at one end and thirteena ut the other. It'll
stands on a base twenty-five inchesI
higL, and the whole height is about
eight feet. The monument stands on |
q high buff, near the banks of the |
Tym0chtee creek, and presents very
prominent appearance. On the monu-
ment is the follow inscription:
.-.s -. M -. ~
* OF 4 4.
CoroHEn CRAwFoRD,
Who was burned by the Indians in this:
valley.
June IL, 1882.
Erected by the Pioneer Association of Wy.
andot County, August 30th, 1877.
u THE BURNING on COZ. CRAWFORD.
IN the capture OF Col. Crawford the
DeIaWares secured the big Captain
NJ the Invading army--a prize they were
determined should, not be lost. as
svineed by his being guarded fromI
3nndnsky to- the Fynaochtee by theirl'
,wo war chiefs, the Pipe and Winge-
aund. Common prisoners were toma-
AaWked with little ado; but Crawford
YES reserved for more terrible death.
There wasa fire burning on the spot X
fhere, on the afternoon Of the 11th oil
Tune, l782, Crawford was left In charge
if the Delawares, and around the fire
g0sa crowd of Indians about thirty or
orty men, and sixty or seventy squaws
md boys "A spectator, sbutantunwillingi rs
md Mortified one was DIR. Knight, one I !
y GEaMfoEd's companions, who stood
short distance from the fire, securely
,pund and guarded by the rough
Iisaged Tutelu. Crawford was stripped
1aked and ordered tai sit down. The /
1diaris now beat him with sticks and Il
heir fists, and presently Knight was
Eeatef In the same manner. The fatal !.
g Ike u post about fifteen feet high !
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